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On numbers $n$ relatively prime to the $n$th term of a linear recurrence

Number Theory 2020-12-15 v2

Abstract

Let (un)n0(u_n)_{n \geq 0} be a nondegenerate linear recurrence of integers, and let A\mathcal{A} be the set of positive integers nn such that unu_n and nn are relatively prime. We prove that A\mathcal{A} has an asymptotic density, and that this density is positive unless (un/n)n1(u_n / n)_{n \geq 1} is a linear recurrence.

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@article{arxiv.1703.10478,
  title  = {On numbers $n$ relatively prime to the $n$th term of a linear recurrence},
  author = {Carlo Sanna},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1703.10478},
  year   = {2020}
}